Comments on: Perhaps Someone Needs A Spanking http://www.spankingblog.com/2003/11/28/perhaps-someone-needs-a-spanking/ Adult Erotic Spanking At Its Best Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CD-Host http://www.spankingblog.com/2003/11/28/perhaps-someone-needs-a-spanking/#comment-52372 CD-Host Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:00:36 +0000 http://cs72.mojohost.com/spankingblog.com/public_html/?p=1007#comment-52372 Not sure if this is helpful but here is the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/deeplinking.html" rel="nofollow">W3C consortium's policy</a> on deep linking. Essentially the law is this: 1) If you are selling another's work you need a license regardless if you get there by link. That policy does not apply to informational sites like this one since you are providing information I'd assume 1st amendment protections apply (see Sidewalk v Ticketmaster) 2) Framing another's work to make it appear as part of your site is a violation of copyright without a license 3) Linking is protected under the first amendment. Tell the author of those letters to shove it. Not sure if this is helpful but here is the W3C consortium’s policy on deep linking.

Essentially the law is this:
1) If you are selling another’s work you need a license regardless if you get there by link. That policy does not apply to informational sites like this one since you are providing information I’d assume 1st amendment protections apply (see Sidewalk v Ticketmaster)

2) Framing another’s work to make it appear as part of your site is a violation of copyright without a license

3) Linking is protected under the first amendment.

Tell the author of those letters to shove it.

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